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Jul 28, 2022 · Far from it, electronica is a catch-all term in two different ways, depending on where you come from. In the US, it was generally considered a broad term for all electronic music throughout the ’90s; in the UK, it’s usually associated more with downtempo styles which defy categorisation elsewhere.
- Future Music
To put it simply: electronica is a catch all term for any computer generated music. Techno is really about putting down a thumping mid-tempo, minimal beat with synthesizers gently layering atmosphere and melody over the top. Trance is similar, but is more suited for the dancefloor.
The word was later appropriated by the American press as an easy catch-all for practically any young artist using electronic equipment and/or instruments, but electronica serves to describe techno-based music that can be used for home listening as well as on the dance floor (since many electronica artists are club DJs as well).
To me, 'electronica' is still a catch-all for anything that isn't 'EDM', which is also a catch-all. They're both ultimately just terms to describe broad genres without spending the time to delineate each and every genre of electronic music, for the sake of conversation.
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Mar 13, 2023 · Wikipedia defines the genre as follows: “Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started...
- Gaurav Krishnan
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to refer to electronic music generally.
May 10, 2012 · Why it’s daunting: Seemingly created and foisted onto an indifferent American public by major labels and the music press, “electronica” was a catch-all phrase used for album-centric, producer-...
